National Republican., 1887-03-19
BEFORE Dawn.

"On earth there Is nothing great but man;
In man there Is nothing great but miud.'
As the ever recurring cycles rolled on with
their coaseless evolutions, the world became
more and more enslaved in the bondage OF
matter, and man, Ixion like, was bound to the
wheel of the senses. Psychology or the science
Of the soul, is one Of the unsolved problems Of
the rges. II Is as old as creation, and was
made the subject of deep research by Plato,
Iythegoras, Plutnrch, and other learned phi
losopheis. In the primitive states Of being
man N, lived i more & on spiritual plane, listened
by the tro rommes of earth. We have gradually
come into the knowledge that we possess a
sixth sense, which by careful cultivation may
lead US 10 q better conception OF what Is
higher md better within us. This Is quite
beyond our ordinary sensations, and Is more
Of m Intuition an inner rn understanding Of
the domain Of psychology, and; as such. was
well Rnown to the ancients, and eastern meta.
physicians have comprehended this much
OF instruction by Hindoo occultists is by in.
truths through the medium of the teacher,
pupil in this case II told to create vacuum
in his own mind, to- erase from It all
previous knowledge, and TO allow It, like q
BY the wisdom Of Se t6ee adept adept. The tempera.
ment of the Orientalists is much better adapted
Tor the reception Of telepathic impressions and
" influences, Inc
English officers during the Sepoy rebellion
could not comprehend how 1t was possible for
the natives TO know of an engagement as
soon as 1t took place, separated as they were
telegraphic communication. The secret was
divulged by native sayant who assured
them that this was accomplished by means of
a mental telegraph, or the influence of mind
over mind. By placing themselves en- rapport
with each other the intelligence was flashed
from one to another with as unerring certainty
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not trenching on the domain of fiction, but all
of the facts enumerated have been certified to
by well known English residents in India.
Mesmerism reveals many marvels, and when a
certain sympathy exists between individuals
II is susceptible Of wonderful development.
Some natures are like sensitive plants, and
expand and reflect his thoughts aud actions
with uncrring certainty. By constant practice
this may be further deyeloped into trance or
San SarvGssSs psS esSs s Sy when eras the SSng GSGS
them on his forehead, or behold things
,ranspiripg at distance. Thought reading is
| an acknowledged fact, aud 1t is found that in
accompany OF half dozen persons at least one
third can find given object which has been
fixed In the mind of another. These things
arc startling, but we seem to be trembling on
the shore that divides the finite from the iu-
Unite, the sands that are washed by the
illimitable sea Of psychology. We have begun
10 comprehend that the impossible is possible,
and to recognize that mind is the one i'm
perisbable thing, and 1t is the unseen that Is
the real. The imponderable forces move the
world, and matter accomplishes nothing.
VIII power seems to be the potential motor
in most cases, but to the all pervading fluid
| called Akaga can be attributed the abnormal
| conditions which surround person when in a
hypnoiiscd state. II is the astral fluid of the
llindoos and the magnetic fluid OF the mag
netiser. When the body becomes stepped In
this soul essence II Is no longer answerable to
natural laws and Is imperiaeable to all sen.
salfons save those experienced through the
medium OF the mesmerist 1t Is this subtle all
pervading force which bridges over time aud
space, weaving the cobweb lines from mind to
mind. Socrates said: II respect my soul, al
though do not see it, There must be an
inner consciousness q light from within to
illuminate our minds long swathed In the illu.
sioDs of the senses. IL Is all cxplainable by
| natural laws. We call things supernatural
merely because we do not understand them,
because they transcend our warped under
| standing. Our eyes are being opened. and II
we prefer the shadow Of darkness why then
1t Is our own fault. What would have been
deemed superstitons few years ago are now
recognized as fundamental truths. The world
revolvcs slowly, but then ell the same II docs
fevolve, and with every movement throws of
fallacy and takes on astruth. We are still
| with our footsteps on the sill of being; the
mountain tops are above MS, but not beyond
| US, and once we pierce the purple haze we
will emerge into the light of a divine day; into
that "old land which Is the new" and from
| whence we shall see beyond the sunrise.
| "SnE."